Gateshead pupils rank 8th nationally in EYFSP score
The average Early Years foundation stage profile results for Gateshead children place the Local Authority in the top 10 across England.
The Department for Education has today published statistics that show the average EYFSP total point score for children in the North East has increased from 33.9 to 34.4; this is higher than the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, the East Midlands and the West Midlands.
Based on this data, Gateshead had the highest average total point score, 36.2, placing it in 8th, whilst Redcar and Cleveland had the lowest (32.2).
Of the North East Local Authorities, Northumberland had the highest proportion of pupils achieving at least expected level across all Early Learning Goals (ELGs) (71.7%), whilst Middlesbrough had the lowest (57.4% – the fourth lowest in the country).
By comparing the proportion of North East pupils who achieved at least the expected level in each of the ELGs with the equivalent proportion of pupils in England as a whole, we can identify areas of relative strength and weakness in the North East:
| Areas of relative strength | Areas of relative weakness | |
| 1 | Self-confidence and self-awareness | Health and self-care |
| 2 | Managing feelings and behaviour | Speaking |
| 3 | Technology | Numbers |
| 4 | Understanding | Moving and handling |
| 5 | Making relationships | Being imaginative |